The first of a series of LQG evenings giving introductions to risk and quantitative practice.

13 Questions Your Risk Management Tools Should Help You Answer

While many asset managers use risk analysis systems as a way to simply monitor the degree of risk in portfolios, there are numerous alternative uses of this information that can inform and improve the way in which portfolios are managed, and how the business of the investment management firm is conducted.  This presentation will present a dozen examples of how risk systems can be used to ensure coherence in the security selection process, account for differences between the needs of different clients, and make trading more efficient.  We'll also explore how risk management systems can be used to demonstrate a degree of high "quality control" within the investment process to institutional clients.